Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-07-20
misfflIanegns.
Orange Cider.
A SEDUCTIVE, But DANGEROUS DRNi

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| Doctors are very ready to point out that
| impure bottles will produce acidity and
and lactic fermentation in milk and hence
diarrhHa in infants. but they are silent
on the fact that the same poi
son generated in unelean milk-cans and
carelessly made or stale ice cream, will
| have the like effect on adults; they are
silent az to the danger to the system OF
the use Of the saltwater made in
I lead generators and favored with ar.ifi-
cial extracts. but they suggest no substi-
totes wherewith 10 q1ench the thirst which
affi cts the race under extreme neat, and
are lethargic to inveigh against those
abominable concoctions which are now be-
ing yended on the streets and in saloons
and restaurants under the pseudonyms OF
Of apple" "russet," and ''orange
cider"
There is something attractive in the
word ''cider." 1t is suggestive Of the i'm
parting Of GOODNESS to the perspiring
frame without recourse to cobblers or
iuleps of the relief OF thirst by fluid OF
grateful acidity and pleasant favor. con-
tanning sufficient alcohol 10 prevent injuri-
ous effects from a hearty, refrigerating
draught. yet not sufficien. to intoxicate.
10 fact. cider has become so popular
a beverage. both in town and country, that
the production Of the Bartlett pear. which
is now being placed on the market here,
has usurped the name of ''pear cider" in
place Of the proper word. perry" Fol
lowing this lead a new beverage has ap
peared in drug stores, coniectioners' shops
and on lemonade stands. entitled orange
CIDER" which purports to be the fermen
ted juice pressed from the fruit of Florida
ard Ca ifornia orange groves, barrelled
and bottled in the city. The name is at
tractive What is nicer 10 the healthy on
hot DAYS. or more restoring to the invalid
in the night watches, or better for the chill
dren mornings than ripe. sweet orange?
Inierring therefrom. what can be better
than a cider made from the pulp of UftruS
auraniun for domestic beverages.
Thus the writer argued recently, and
decided to try sample. with the result OF
being Frustrated for the day for the stuff.
ostensIbly from the Pacific Slope. is OF the
vintage OF Columbus and Pittsburg raisers,
ia sweetness is due to glucose, its actility
TO the product OF argol. its aroma to one of
those essential oils which the barrel house
I'D Jctor" has learned to use in the prepar
alton OF his maddening concoctions, and
whose legitimate purpose ls to enable the
periumer to produce neroli.
1t was first put usou sale Mt Columbus.
o. at which place a number Of citizens
who had also undergone painful gastric
disturbances from unwarily imbbing 1t
recently addressed remonstrance against
its sale to Gov. Hurst, the state food and
dairy inspector He therefore hunted up
the factory secured samples and turned
them over TO the state chemist for analysis,
with the result that the functlonary in
question reported that the genuine
orange cider warranted perfectly pure"
was found to be wholly artificial com
pound Of acids. sugar and water in the
lol owing proportions: Water. 10 per
cent; tartaric acid. /; grape sugar
(glucose), 10 cane sugar, 4 ash, 3. This
had been colored with burnt sugar, and
the requisite fragrance and character
istic taste impaired by orange oil Its
cost to manufacture. bottle and label was
II cents per gailon-its sale price 80 cents
per bottle. In short, the thing was on the
face of it fraud. though it might be
asserted that the contents of the bottles
were in themselves (with the exception of
the OLD innocuous This point the Ohio
grand Jury are about to consider. and the
attorney general is about to try whether
the food aduteration laws of the State are
not sufficiently potent to stop the manu-
fscture and sale OF the stimulation. -
CHICAGO Tribune,